Participles
| Present | berende |
| Past | (ġe)boren |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | bere |
| 2nd sing. | birest; birst |
| 3rd sing. | bireþ; birþ |
| 1st plur. | beraþ |
| 2nd plur. | beraþ |
| 3rd plur. | beraþ |
Past
| 1st sing. | bær |
| 2nd sing. | bǣre |
| 3rd sing. | bær |
| 1st plur. | bǣron |
| 2nd plur. | bǣron |
| 3rd plur. | bǣron |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | bere |
| 2nd sing. | bere |
| 3rd sing. | bere |
| 1st plur. | beren |
| 2nd plur. | beren |
| 3rd plur. | beren |
Past
| 1st sing. | bǣre |
| 2nd sing. | bǣre |
| 3rd sing. | bǣre |
| 1st plur. | bǣren |
| 2nd plur. | bǣren |
| 3rd plur. | bǣren |
Verbs similar to 'beran'
aberan,
began,
bercan,
betan,
feran,
heran,
teran,
ætberan,
bacan,
bædan,
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *bʰer-
3. Proto-Indo-European *-eti
4. Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti
5. Proto-Germanic *beraną
6. Proto-West Germanic *beran
7. Old English beran
8. From Proto-West Germanic *beran, from Proto-Germanic *beraną, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti.
9. Cognate with Old Frisian bera, Old Saxon beran, Old Dutch beran, Old High German beran, Old Norse bera, Gothic 𐌱𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (bairan). The Indo-European root was also the source of Old Irish biru, Ancient Greek φέρω (phérō), Latin ferre. See: Proto-Germanic '
*beraną', Proto-Indo-European '
*bʰéreti', Old Saxon '
beran', Old High German 'beran', Old Norse '
bera', Latin '
ferre'.
Verbs referencing "beran"
Latin
fero, English
infer, Old Norse
bera, Old High German beran, Old Saxon
beran, Sanskrit
भरति, Middle English
beren.
Sample Sentences
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "Chair of Saint Peter"
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...þā læġ þǣr sum creopere lama fram cildhāde sē wæs dæġhwāmlīce ġeboren tō þām beorhtan ġete þæt hē ælmessan underfencge æt þām infarendum... (Then lay there a cripple, lame from childhood, who was daily carried to the 'Beautiful' Gate, that he might receive alms from those entering.)
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c. 992, Ælfric, "The Nativity of St. Clement the Martyr"
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Þā sē enġel ġelǣhte hine be þām feaxe and hine bær tō Babylōne. (Then the angel grabbed him by the hair and carried him to Babylon.)
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late 10th century, Ælfric, "On the Greater Litany"
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Sē rīċa and sē þearfa sind weġfērende on þisse weorolde. Sē rīċa birþ māre þonne hē behōfiġe tō his formetum, sē ōðer birþ ǣmtiġne pusan. For þȳ sċeal sē rīċa dǣlan his byrðenne wiþ þone þearfan: þonne wanaþ hē þā byrðenne his synna, and þām þearfan ġehilpþ. (The rich and the poor are both wayfarers in this world. The rich carry more than they need for the journey, while the poor hold an empty sack. That's why the rich should share their burden with the poor. That way they can lighten the burden of their sins, and help the poor.)
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late 9th century, translation of Orosius' History Against the Pagans
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On þām dagum wæs Alexander ġeboren on Crēcum. (At that time, Alexander was born in Greece.)